Badenoch P R, Thom A L, Coster D J
Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia.
J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Apr;40(4):1563-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.4.1563-1564.2002.
We report a case of Serratia ficaria endophthalmitis in a 73-year-old man. The patient's ocular history included a chemical burn, glaucoma, and corneal transplantation. S. ficaria is part of the fig tree ecosystem and is rarely isolated from clinical specimens. When it has been previously implicated as an agent of disease, the patients have been treated successfully and there have been no complications. In our patient, however, the infection resulted in the loss of the infected eye. This case illustrates that S. ficaria infection in a compromised patient can have serious consequences.
我们报告了一例73岁男性患费氏沙雷氏菌性眼内炎的病例。该患者的眼部病史包括化学烧伤、青光眼和角膜移植。费氏沙雷氏菌是无花果生态系统的一部分，很少从临床标本中分离出来。此前当它被认为是一种致病因子时，患者均得到了成功治疗且无并发症。然而，在我们的患者中，感染导致患眼失明。该病例表明，在免疫功能低下的患者中，费氏沙雷氏菌感染可能会产生严重后果。
